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National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives (U.S.)

 Organization

Sources

Found information from National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Nov. 15, 2001 (name changed 1997 to National Jewish Medical and Research Center; History of name changes: National Jewish Hospital (1899-1924--National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives; 1925-1964--National Jewish Hospital at Denver; 1965-1977--National Jewish Hospital and Research Center; after National Asthma Center merged with National Jewish, 1978-1985--National Jewish Hospital/National Asthma Center; 1986-1996--National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine; 1997-2008 -- National Jewish Medical and Research Center; July 2008- National Jewish Health).

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Field Secretary Instructions, between 1905-1915

 File
Identifier: B005.06.0185.0015
Scope and Contents

Printed "General Instructions to Field Secretary" for collecting funds for the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives at Denver, Colo.

Dates: between 1905-1915

Grabfelder and Pisko Correspondence, 1912 January-June

 File
Identifier: B005.01.0001.0005
Abstract

Correspondence related to Seraphine Pisko, Secretary of the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives, and Samuel Grabfelder, President of the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives

Dates: 1912 January-June

Grabfelder and Pisko Correspondence, 1913 January-April

 File
Identifier: B005.01.0001.0007
Abstract

Correspondence related to Samuel Grabfelder, President of the National Jewish Hospital for Cosumptives, and Seraphine Pisko, Secretary of the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives

Dates: 1913 January-April

Grabfelder Correspondence, 1912 July-December

 File
Identifier: B005.01.0001.0006
Abstract

Correspondence related to Samuel Grabfelder, President of the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives

Dates: 1912 July-December

Inventory of the Grabfelder Building, 1915 June 1

 File
Identifier: B005.06.0185.0009
Scope and Contents

Folder contains an inventory of the Grabfelder Building with lists of items in each room and hallway and the prices of each item.

Dates: 1915 June 1

National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives Postcard, circa 1915

 Item
Identifier: B005.06.0185.0005.00001
Abstract

A postcard with a drawing of a "Birdseye view of the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives, Denver, Colorado, A Free Hospital for the Poor Consumptive" from around 1915. Traffic of horse drawn wagons, cars, and a trolly are shown on Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: circa 1915

National Jewish Hospital Records

 Collection
Identifier: B005
Abstract In 1899, the Jewish community erected the non-sectarian National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives (NJH), the first sanatorium in Denver, Colorado, for tuberculosis victims. With the financial assistance of the International B'nai B'rith fraternal organization, patients from all over the U.S. were admitted free of charge. The NJH adopted a program that emphasized the benefits of fresh air, proper nutrition, and rest. The hospital was founded by a group of Jewish residents of Denver who were...
Dates: 1892-2017